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russian president vladimir putin is visiting the city of global broad to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory at the battle on stolid cross. and scientists in the u. k. are trying to piece together the puzzle surrounding long hold it. scientists want to know why people suffer from the effects of co bit months or even years after they had it. belgian drugs gang, bringing cocaine to the port, add for waging a deadly war. europe talked to leasing agency, struggles to control a trade that many port workers are too scared to talk about. ah, and i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. the european commission president ursula funder line then

a top team of officials have arrived in the ukrainian capital keys. it is the biggest you delegation to visit since the start of russia's invasion fonder line is meeting with ukrainian president followed where's the landscape on friday? and e u. ukraine summit is set to take place in keith, military and financial help is expected to be. hi, i'm an agenda, but ukraine is also hoping for progress on this application to join the e. u. d. w correspondent, max xander is mtv and i asked him what signal this high level delegation sands right now? this is probably one of the largest delegations that arrived here in cuba since the beginning of the full scale invasion, including the use top level highest ranks. the commission president, was it off on the line that you counsel present, shall michelle and i representative joseph room. so they will be holding talks today with their ukrainian counterparts discussing the current situation. how to further assist ukraine during the war and also future partnership and can expect

some announcement, some falling these days, including military aid. as you mentioned, perhaps suspension of customs duties for another year and, and perhaps even the integration of ukraine into the you free roaming area. but this is not the actual reason why they took the risk where they came here today to a city that is still being regularly attacked by russian rockets. the reason is that they want to show a strong message of solidarity show support that you continues to stand by ukraine side, and that russia will know how far does that support. so max, because ukraine has been pushing very hard to join the e you quickly is today's visit a positive sign that could happen? right, so joining the you for anyone beecher crane or another country is a long, very complicated process, which involves many levels of thorough ukraine was made to candidate the

country last year in summer, in record time and due to political willingness. and it was a matter of weeks rather than a matter of months or even years. but ukraine will have to undergo the same scrutiny, the same beating as any other country. the entire system will have to be checked the laws ranging from agriculture to traffic to the judiciary system. all of it will have to be, will be analyzed by the u officials and will have to be brought to the same level as the rest of the un. where this is not the case of for process will have to take place. this can take many, many years now keith is pushing to join the you within the next 5 years, but you officials ahead of this meeting. i've actually said that this, this, this meeting tomorrow to summit rather is also about managing expectations. and if i like to, i'd like to add one thing to this. having adding russian boots on the ground, having a foreign country invade you during this process is something that hasn't happened before. and this is also something that's gonna likely delay the delay,

ukraine's accession process. mac vendor and kane, thank you. wow. most of the european union's top authorities are in ukraine today. the european parliament in brussels, debated the blocks ukraine policy correspondent jack parrot is in brussels and explained to us where the e, you support stands right now. you're the one year after the russian invasion started. yes, a really interesting position wherein, and it's interesting with this commission, this high level commission visit to keep going on. they are there, as mike said to try and sorta the sort of expectations around the accession process broadly. the european commission is very in favor of it as all the european parliamentarians who are holding this debate to day in brussels. we've had many of them speak already this morning saying that the accession process should be clear. it should be quick, but also many of them have been saying that it's important that ukraine is prepared and has fulfilled all the necessary requirements in order for it to become

a new member state. and the fact that the war is going on shouldn't negate the need to try and make sure that all of those formal processes are being up held. there are a lot of divisions in the european union about this at the moment, specifically because the military hardware that ukraine is demanding and will demand from the u. officials that are there actually doesn't come from the e u, it comes from the member states of the european union. so big military countries like germany, france or a probably doing the most within the european union. but actually the u doesn't have its own army or its own military hardware. so those discussions need to be had with the capitals that isn't to say that the ukrainians at a meeting with those he, you officials and he won't be pressing that the people that are there in order to, to try and get that moving. but really, as, as we're saying, the big question here is about a week session. because the, the reality of this whole situation since, since 2014, when ukraine really started to break away from russian influence in a, in

a big way. this discussion has been a sort of turn towards the european union. so the, you knows that it needs to set out some kind of store some sort of favorable way for ukraine to join, but still upholding the processes. what else is being discussed, jack? well, the big discussion is about now as well is about ministry. hundreds had been saying, so the tanks were germany allied, the tanks to go in. that was a big step. and this sort of law allow other countries to reese, re export tanks into, into ukraine. that's been high on the list of demands for the ukrainians for some time, and neither discussions attorneys towards aircraft as well as i say, the u officials don't have the power to do that. and we've seen some reluctance in france and germany on that issue as well. we're approaching the year now as well. a lot of what the european polymers have been. parliamentarians have been talking about this morning is about the reconstruction as well. the idea of some sorts of

support for ukraine. post war to bring it back to being a piece time country and rebuilding the infrastructure that's been destroyed as part of the invasion that will be necessary for it to join as a new country. sarah jap, harrigan, brussels. thank you. well now in vulgar grads, formerly known as stalingrad celebrations, are under way to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory of the battle of stalingrad. russian president vladimir putin is expected to take part in a wreath lang ceremony and speak at a concert. according to the kremlin, the battle sullen god was one of the bloodiest battles in world war till it ended with a surrender of the german troops after more than 1000000 people with health. and here's more on the battle that turned the tide in world war 2. this is vulgar out today. the city formerly known as stalingrad, lives in the shadow of the past. this banner says,

stalingrad is the birthplace of victory. that's because this is where according to military historians, the tide turned in world war 2. in the summer of 1942 nazi germany had pushed deep into the soviet union. stalingrad was strategically important. capturing it would allow germany to push further towards vital oil fields and control the vulgar river. but the germans were far from home with overstretched supply lines. and the soviet union poured massive numbers of troops and resources into the battle. fighting raged for 6 months until the soviets were able to surround the german forces and cut off their supplies. on february, 2nd, 1943, the germans, starving, and out of ammunition, gave up. the victory came at a terrible cost between $1.20 people died, despite losing so many soviet soldiers,

the battle is part of the legendary struggle and triumph over nazi germany and the w corresponding kilian buyer. as following this for us from re gas kelley and tell us more about the importance of this expected visit by vitamin flu. well, you need understand the 2nd world war in russia is of the utmost importance. it's an event that is referred to again and again. it is, i would say ingrained into russia's collective history. and so stalingrad, you know, is the one of the battles that turn the, the war. it's of great symbolic importance because this is where the soviet union, the red army managed to defeat the germans to defeat the nazis and shift the momentum against the germans and pushed them back to berlin. really, why is this important today? well, you know, the 2nd world war was a war of defense for russia. it was a,

an existential threat, really to the entire country. and where germany waged a brutal war of what can say, extermination really of the, of, of the soviet union. and now they are using this memory, this, this is memory deeply ingrained into collective history and re framing it on to the war and ukraine by saying the ukrainians are nazis by saying that that they are fighting against ukrainians. ukrainian, nazis who are trying to exterminate russians in eastern ukraine. and so this is the, the importance of this event that we're, how the kremlin is trying to, legitimize it's, it's current war. and meantime, volva rad has been symbolically renamed back to stalingrad. we understand for a couple of days to mark the anniversary, what's behind this? well, actually am vulgar. grad is a rename to stalingrad symbolically multiple times a year. and so 4 important day,

important days, like victory day, for instance, it is done as well. and, you know, vulgar grad was renamed, stalingrad was renamed to it was named vala, vulgar grad in 1962 m, as a kind of process where the soviet union was trying to come to grips with its dullness, passed to kind of shed the chains of style and ism, and to, to kind of get a grasp really on what happened in this time were styling was, was really raining extremely brutally where millions and millions of soviet citizens were killed, sent to gulags kind of soviet concentration camps. and so there have been calls now to rename. vulgar grad, stalingrad again, these, these voices have been out there for the past 20 years, really. but it doesn't seem likely that this is going to happen today because the

kremlin m pushed back against that. he that he has killian buyer reporting for us on the celebrations to commemorate the any than versus the soviet victory at the battle of song. glad we understand putin is exposed, expected to appear there. can we? and thanks for your reporting and harris. mother stories making news. israel launched air strikes on target and the gaza strip early on thursday and palestinian militants fired rockets into israel in response. the strikes come hours after is really air defenses intercepted a rocket launched from gaza. this latest exchange of fire comes amid a surge in violence in the region. protesters chanting, shame confronted mourners that the funeral of australian catholic cardinal george pell in sydney. pell was one of the most senior figures in the vatican when he was found guilty of sexually assaulting choir boys. he spent a year in prison before his convictions washed. what scandal had indian billionaire

gout? him? a donnie has called off a major share cell as his business empire continues to luncheon value. danis, sprawling conglomerate, which stretched from fort petrol stations, has lost more than 90000000000 euros in market value. following allegations of market manipulation and fraud, us is to expand its military presence in the philippines. defense secretary lloyd austin confirmed the move after a meeting with the president of the philippines for mann marco's junior us troops have been granted access to more military camps in the country. but general austin fed, the u. s. wasn't looking to have a permanent face. there are permanent basis there. now the port of ad for in belgium has become the number one gateway for latin american cocaine destined for europe. the trade is controlled by powerful international gangs and comes with high

levels of violence and corruption. the problem is so acute that entropy mayor is calling for the army to be deployed. d w. terry shult reports looks to me like a kalashnikov very small, completely wrong. is that what the drug dealers are using some from on the recent shooting death of an 11 year old girl in her family home in antwerp, believe to be an accidental killing in a dispute between gangs has drug culture research to in wharton fearing attacks will now spiral, i hope it won't be cycle revenge, because then you have a whole new level of violence with infant predictable dynamics. belgian authorities seized a $110.00 tons of cocaine last year, a record, but they estimate that's only about 10 percent of what's imported. not enough to disrupt criminals business. there. boosting their efforts, planning to deploy more than a 100 extra people at the port along with new scanning equipment. but the added scrutiny may make smugglers even more determined to recruit insiders to help get

the cocaine on to land. they're already targeting port employees. they approach you very directly as show pictures of your family of her gets off of friends. and this is a, not a very subtle way of working it's, it's a real threats stephan van for him as the general manager at alpha port vodka, which represents employers at the port of antwerp. he said it was risky to even speak with us on the topic. i realized that this is a danger. may be also for myself and my family. i think there's no alternative than being open about this problem. if you stay silent, i considered as to be cooperation to these guys. i think we need to stop them. that's a top priority for the you police agency, europe will because so many other crimes are linked to drug trafficking. whoever is involved in drug trafficking is also involved in money laundering and dockman fraud . you're a pull emphasizes it can't even begin to tackle this problem without help. from

around the globe. yon up in north says they are increasingly teaming up with origin countries like colombia, as well as places where kingpin saucen sit. he says it's working step by step quite a few high volume targets. read taken out, were arrested in dubai. and they were alleged lee orchestrating or cocaine trafficking into the you from dubai. so this lou pool ruby close. so many loopholes remain open, but 10 vote and says doing nothing. it is no motion. you're just gonna say, oh, we just let them do their way a little did the city of the country and europe flock with with cocaine. it is no emotion. in the meantime, though, the piles of confiscated cocaine in belgium are so big already that authorities fear the gangs will try to steal to drugs back before they can be destroyed. now another news, the coven 19 pandemic, was officially declared

a global health crisis 3 years ago. by the world health organization this week, the w h o said that the pandemic is not yet over. nevertheless, many countries around the world are returning to some sort of norma normality. measures such as wearing masks in public places, have been scrapped. a life is far from normal for the millions of people who continue to suffer from the effects of coven months or even years after they have had it. they have what is called long cove. it. one family in the u. k. showed us how it has changed their lives abandoned. that's often how people with long covert feel. sammy mcfarland was infected with cove at 193 years ago. she still suffers from lethargy, difficulty concentrating, and the loss of her sense of smell. she's had to give up working and sell her house . her husband has become her carer. but her daughter who was 14, when she caught cove, it has had an even worse time of it. she was blacking out painting and she had

really severe domino pain. and the pain would paralyze her. sammy is slowly recovering. but her daughter kitty is still having a tough time with getting home yet enclave it because they have strong uses a young and healthy. i'm seeing i was 14 when i was. i was, it's 40 young, active nature. there were lots of brilliant, curious doctors and reset south there, but it isn't yet enough and hasn't yet found a treatment that, you know, there's a lot of work to be done. we need investment in biomedical research in britain about $70000.00 children suffered covered symptoms for longer than 3 months. london's university college hospital is carrying out the world's biggest study tracking 7011 to 17 year olds. long covert affects about 10 percent.

most eventually recover, but for about one percent of the cases, symptoms can persist for a very long time. it's commoner in girls and boys is commoner in older children than younger children. are the things that seem to make you more vulnerable? ah, if you've got health problems, physical or mental health problems before the pandemic, there is no quick cure and it's not yet well understood. professor stevenson says long cove, it is still a puzzle for sammy. she tries to deal with it by getting back to her old hobbies like swimming in the sea. her daughter kitty, is also making slow progress. and we are times now bye serial. cohen, professor of immunology at bar line university in israel, and an expert on coven 19 welcome to the program, and thank you so much for joining us. do we have any idea how wide spread the long

coven phenomena is? as hello, sarah? yes, actually some of the figures we have now talking about something like 65000000 people around the world suffering from long carving we have seen in the song. the good news we have seen the decline from i would say a few months ago. well, there were around 20 percent of the people who had coffee that had lung cove. it right now we more round wanting 10 like 10 percent. again, there is a problem of the phoenician, but still it is a real concern. why does some people get it? and, and most others do not. well, unfortunately, we don't know exactly and actually you could get us. no, i would say direct correlation was a severity of the disease, meaning that you can have a my coffee. and then you, we have a dire consequences in terms of long covey. one of the things we believe is that i

would say to main possibilities. one is that the virus is still present. you still insides a body for a certain period of time. and that would cause kind, this kind of manifestation. the other possibility is that the immune system is overreacting. and therefore it's actually causing some, a range of problems. we're talking about $200.00 different syndromes, neurological syndrome, the respiratory syndrome that might be link or so to the i would say, uncontrolled reactivity of the immune system. in many countries, people have been vaccinated against cove and some of them multiple times. yet that does not seem to prevent a long cove, it doesn't oh, there was a research study had this summer that showed that the vaccination can attenuate if you are vaccinated before covered. this might attenuate to some extent the symptoms are actually the incidence of long covey, but unfortunately,

we don't believe that it can fully prevent and long of it is a reality. so we have to face that. tell us a little bit more than about the treatment. if you have a long co ed, what do you do? so, yes, one, the 1st most important thing is to diagnose that, because as so far, we know that a lot of people were and diagnose. we start to miss diagnoses. lunk of the 2nd thing that are somebody at the treatments, but again, it's not perfect. we need more research in that field. some people would get, you know, some treatment to lower the activity of the immune system. so some people would get some, i would say people were even trying to give vaccination afterwards. but again, you know, vaccination after you know, being with long covenants or the show some some effect. but again, we have to face the truth. we are a little bit a duck. ok, well, well, thank you so much for for the work that you're doing to try and shed some light on this professor. sell cohen sharing your expertise today. we appreciate it. thank

you very much. hear some of the stories making headlines. energy giant shell says that its annual profit search to a record 38000000000 euros in 2022. that's more than double what it made in 2021. the huge increase comes after russia's invasion of ukraine, cent gas and oil prices storing last year and austrian court has given 4 men prison sentences for assisting the perpetrator of the 2020 vienna islamist terror attack. they were found guilty of helping him obtain guns and ammunition. the attacker was shot dead by police after killing 4 people and injuring 23 on november, 2nd 2020 ho francis has address thousands of young people at a steady. i'm in the democratic republic of congo, capital kinshasa, he called again for forgiveness and reconciliation in the war torn nation. it is

the 3rd day of the pope's visit to one of africa's most catholic countries. american football superstar tom brady has announced his retirement at the age of 45 . he retired briefly after a championship in 2021, but ended up returning for a far less successful year in a message on social media. he said, this time is going forgot. ah, considered by many as the greatest of all time in american fucking a serial winner. his professional career began without much fanfare in 2000 johns to the us, the 190 nines overall pick in the nfl by the new england patriots. after a rookie season on the bench, the quarterback slowly found his stride on the coach bill belichick, winning back to back super bowls in 20032000 full for more super bowl wins followed

as plenty of nfl records tumbled. the one blemish during this, it was 20 fifteens deflate gate scandal, where he and his team were accused of manipulating footballs to gain an advantage resulting in a 4 game suspension in 2020 after 2 decades with the patriots, brady moved to the tampa bay buccaneers in his 1st season with the new franchise, he claimed his 7 super bowl at age 43, seemingly unaffected by age. in return for good. i know the process was a pretty big deal last time. so when i woke up this morning, i figured i'd just 1st record let you guys know for so i won't be long winded. you only get one super emotional retirement essay and i use my not last year. so i really thank you guys so much to every single one of you for supporting me.

now, it's really the end tom brady's records in the sport may last forever. no reminder if our top story here and dw news officials have arrived in teams to show solidarity with ukraine, ukraine's defense minister has warned that russia could be planning a new offensive to coincide with the 1st anniversary of the invasion. and with that you're up to date on dw is up. next, it is made in germany, stick around it because for that i'm sarah kelly. and berlin, thanks for watching. ah, [000:00:00;00]

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